Barking and Dagenham celebrates Interfaith week, from Sunday 10 – Saturday 16 November. This national programme focuses on interfaith understanding and cooperation, strengthens good interfaith relations, increases awareness of the different and distinct faith communities and increases understanding between people of religious and non-religious beliefs.

Kind hearted pupils from All Saints Catholic School in Dagenham have been raising money for charity whilst celebrating Black British History.

The sixth form students held a whole week of Black History Month themed fundraising events including a quiz, a dance competition and even a fashion show and in total, raised £200 for Sickle Cell UK.

A Dagenham woman has had her council property taken from her for continuous noise nuisance and anti-social behaviour.

Nicola Groom, previously of 26 Highview House, Dagenham was evicted from her one bedroom property having been prosecuted for breaching her noise abatement notice three times following complaints from her neighbours for persistently playing loud music.

Following a court appearance at Romford County Court on Thursday 1 August, Miss Groom was evicted from her one bedroom flat and the council took back possession of the property on Wednesday 23 October.

Barking and Dagenham will remember those who died in the line of duty and made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms, with a series of remembrance events taking place across the borough from 8 to 11 November.

On Friday 8 November the Dagenham Royal Naval Association will be holding an event at the War Memorial in Dagenham Village at 10.30am, with a second service on Saturday 9 November at 10.30am, at the War Memorial on the corner of the Heathway and Church Elm Lane.

Earlier this week, Eastbury Primary School opened their brand-new reading hut which will provide pupils with a peaceful environment to read their favourite books.

 

Opened by Councillor Evelyn Carpenter, Cabinet Member for Educational Attainment and School Improvement, the reading hut was requested by students so that they could have the opportunity to read books in a quiet place and take more in. 

 

The eye-catching artwork of youngsters from one secondary school in the borough has seen them crowned winners of a national competition.

The students, from Robert Clack School, on Gosfield Road, Dagenham, decorated the hoarding that now adorns the school’s Lymington Fields site while it is being redeveloped.

The two designs by the Dagenham school were based around two themes – the community and the importance of education.

If your child was born between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2016, they are due to start primary or infant school next September.  You can apply for their school place from Friday 1 November.

Parents must submit their applications by Wednesday 15 January and will find out their results in April 2020.

No places are guaranteed. You must apply for a place even if your child already has a place at the school’s nursery class or has a brother or sister at that school.

If you apply late, you are not likely to get a place at the school of your preference.

Barking and Dagenham Council has continued its campaign to clean up the borough by cracking down on people distributing calling cards for illegal massage services. 

Yesterday evening (30/10/19), an undercover enforcement officer witnessed two men dropping business cards in Barking Market and followed them to the A406 where they were questioned by street enforcement and trading standard officers. The incident was captured on CCTV which provides officers with essential evidence in dealing with these types of incidents. 

The next issue of Write On! magazine is launching on 10 December. This issue explores the theme of ‘On Roots and Routes’, featuring an exclusive interview with the Queen of Crime fiction, Martina Cole who explains how her roots in east London have defined her stellar writing journey. 

A host of job opportunities are available exclusively for local residents – but to be able to apply for them, residents must be registered with Barking and Dagenham Council’s job shops.

This week there are trainee engineering roles, driver vacancies and site manager posts on offer, as well as full or part-time openings that need to be filled.

To view the roles, potential applicants must be registered with the borough’s job shops, which can be done for free online or in person at any one of the three venues in Barking and Dagenham.